Those who have listened to Jermain Defoe talk might have noticed that he sounds like someone who has had a pile of random words and phrases forced into his mouth, before being issued with a sudden Heimlich Manoeuvre. He’s very hard to follow.

In an interview yesterday, Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder echoed the sentiments of his former manager Jose Mourinho by claiming the Champions League generally offers up ‘far better’ football than the World Cup: